Estonian Prepositions

Estonian Prepositions

If you're trying to learn Estonian Prepositions you will find some useful resources including a course about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... to help you with your Estonian grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Estonian. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

Estonian Prepositions

Learning the Estonian Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Estonian language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Estonian.

Estonian prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:

English Prepositions

Estonian Prepositions

Prepositions

eessõnad

inside the house

maja sees

outside the car

väljaspool autot

with me

minuga

without him

ilma temata

under the table

laua all

after tomorrow

pärast homset

before sunset

enne päikeseloojangut

but I'm busy

aga ma olen hõivatud

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Estonian has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Estonian.

List of Prepositions in Estonian

Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Estonian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Estonian vocabulary.

English Prepositions

Estonian Prepositions

about

umbes

above

üle

across

üle

after

pärast

against

vastu

among

seas

around

ümber

as

nagu

at

juures

before

enne

behind

taga

below

allpool

beneath

all

beside

kõrval

between

vahel

beyond

üle

but

kuid

by

kõrval

despite

vaatamata

down

alla

during

jooksul

except

välja arvatud

for

eest

from

pärit

in

sees

inside

sees

into

sisse

near

lähedal

next

järgmine

of

kohta

on

kohta

opposite

vastupidine

out

välja

outside

väljaspool

over

üle

per

kohta

plus

pluss

round

ümmargune

since

kuna

than

kui

through

läbi

till

kuni

to

kuni

toward

suunas

under

all

unlike

erinevalt

until

kuni

up

üles

via

kaudu

with

koos

within

jooksul

without

ilma

two words

kaks sõna

according to

vastavalt

because of

tõttu

close to

lähedal

due to

tõttu

except for

välja arvatud

far from

kaugel

inside of

sees

instead of

asemel

near to

lähedal

next to

kõrval

outside of

väljaspool

prior to

enne

three words

kolm sõna

as far as

niipalju kui

as well as

niisamuti kui

in addition to

lisaks

in front of

ees

in spite of

hoolimata

on behalf of

nimel

on top of

peal

demonstrative pronouns

demonstratiivsed eessõnad

this

see

that

see / too

these

need

those

nood

Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Estonian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Estonian Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Estonian lessons here: Learn Estonian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.